Our aim is to be a reliable and long-term partner to our suppliers. In return, we expect suppliers to ensure compliance with the same standards TeliaSonera complies with. We do not accept corruption, we expect human and labor rights to be respected and environmental regulations to be met.
Stable supplier base
TeliaSonera engages suppliers that are reliable, high performance organizations with spearhead technology knowledge in order to create capacity to deliver world-class services.
The majority of TeliaSonera’s purchases, in terms of volumes and capital, are infrastructure equipment related to building, developing and maintaining our fixed and mobile networks and IT-infrastructure. We also purchase mobile handsets and other consumer electronic devices, but these represent only a minor part of our purchases.
More than 80 percent of TeliaSonera’s purchases are from large global companies, with internationally recognized standards of corporate responsibility. These companies have third party certified management systems.
CR requirements for TeliaSonera suppliers
We strive to uphold CR standards throughout our supply chain and do so by engaging predominantly with large global suppliers, conducting a systematic selection process and demanding supplier commitment to CR requirements.
TeliaSonera’s Supplier Code, introduced in 2010, applies social and environmental requirements to all TeliaSonera supplier agreements. It defines the conduct we expect from our suppliers in order to protect human rights as well as respect and promote safe and fair working conditions, responsible management of environmental issues and high ethical standards along the supply chain. Suppliers are responsible for ensuring that their employees, relevant subsidiaries and subcontractors are informed of and comply with the TeliaSonera Supplier Code requirements.
The Supplier Code also includes requirements related to the interaction between vendors and TeliaSonera: it clearly states, for example, that bribes or any other illegal payments are not accepted and describes guidelines for hospitality.
The Supplier Code is to be applied in all supplier relations where TeliaSonera Group Procurement is involved, purchasing products or services from suppliers.
Sourcing in emerging markets
TeliaSonera Group Procurement is actively involved in procurement, mainly within the mobile infrastructure area, in TeliaSonera operations in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova and Nepal.
TeliaSonera is a significant investor in Eurasian countries, contributing to the development of local economies through investments, deployment and maintenance of mobile infrastructure. The CAPEX investments in TeliaSonera’s mobile operations in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova and Nepal account to approximately SEK 25 billion since 2003.
The majority of TeliaSonera infrastructure investments in Eurasia are procured from global suppliers, who comply with our CR requirements. However, local suppliers are also frequently engaged in our operations in Eurasia, thereby contributing to the economic development of the countries where we operate.
Read more about our supplier relations in the Corporate Responsiblity report 2010